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Dynamic audio-video interconnection system

  • US 4,337,480 A
  • Filed: 02/08/1980
  • Issued: 06/29/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A dynamic audio-video interconnection system comprising:

  • a television receiver;

    a peripheral-television multipin connector coupled to said television receiver;

    a plurality of peripheral units for receiving or transmitting video/audio signals;

    a plurality of control stages, each of said control stages being associated with a different one of said peripheral units for coupling said associated peripheral unit to said peripheral-television multipin connector;

    a plurality of electronic switches, each of said electronic switches being associated with a different one of said control stages and being controlled by said associated control stage to make interconnections among said peripheral units and between said peripheral units and said television receiver;

    a remote system control means for generating and transmitting commands requesting said electronic switches to make selected interconnections among said peripheral units and between said television receiver and selected peripheral units;

    means in said television receiver for receiving said transmitted commands and for transmitting said received commands to said control stages; and

    a microprocessor coupled to said receiving and transmitting means and each of said control stages for receiving said commands from said receiving and transmitting means and for controlling said electronic switches to make said requested interconnections.

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